Gallon Drunk (UK), A38 Ship Budapest, 30 March

  • 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
Gallon Drunk (UK), A38 Ship Budapest, 30 March
Founder, frontman and sole consistent member James Johnston has also played in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, psychedelic rock band Faust and Big Sexy Noise with Lydia Lunch. Now he comes with his own and best band the Gallon Drunk to present their new album The Soul Of The Hour.

Gallon Drunk are an English alternative rock band formed in London in 1990. Their sound contains a variety of influences, from punk to blues and jazz, and is noted for its dark subject matter.

Having formed in 1990, Gallon Drunk released their debut full-length album, You, the Night...and the Music in 1992. The following year, they enjoyed popularity in the wake of their second album, From The Heart of Town, which saw the band play venues in the U.S., such as the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden in New York, as a guest of Morrissey. During UK dates for "From The Heart Of Town" saxophonist Terry Edwards joined the band, having played previously as a session player on the album.

Following the subsequent European and U.S. tours, both as headline, and also supporting PJ Harvey, drummer Max Decharne left the band, to be replaced by Ian White, who remains a member of the band to the present. The new line-up of the band followed with "The Traitor's Gate E.P." and in 1996 the acclaimed "In The Long Still Night", and the subsequent soundtrack "Black Milk" and album "Fire Music" with Jeremy Cottingham replacing Mike Delanian on bass.

Following a hiatus during which Johnston toured and recorded with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Gallon Drunk returned in 2007 with the wild and impassioned "The Rotten Mile", with Simon Wring taking over of bass, and the remaining core members of Johnston, white and Edwards.

After Simon Wring's tragic death in 2011, the band released 2012's "The Road Gets Darker From Here", recorded in Hamburg's leading analogue studio Clouds Hill. The subsequent tours for the album saw Leo Kurunis join the band on bass guitar, with this line-up then returning to Clouds Hill to record "The Soul Of The Hour", released in 2014 on Clouds Hill recordings.

Founder, frontman and sole consistent member James Johnston has also played in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, with whom he joined for a Lollapalooza tour in 1994 before serving as a full-time member from 2003—2008, and a member of psychedelic rock band Faust from 2006-2012. He is also currently a member of Big Sexy Noise with Lydia Lunch along with drummer Ian White of Gallon Drunk.

Gallon Drunk's new album The Soul Of The Hour is released on Clouds Hill in March 2014.

Advance ticket price till 29 March 2014 - 1.700.- Ft

Ticket price - 2.200.- Ft

Source: A38 Ship

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